Egg beater



March 8, 1932. E. A. AURELIUS 1,348,925

EGG BEATER Filed Oct. 17. 1930 Zuyrze A A areliws INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 8, 1932 UNITED STATES EUGENE A. AUREL IUS, or BRAH'QAM, mnnnso'm. nssienon o EGGBEATER p Application filed. October 17,1930. seriaino. 489,891." 7

er elements and for mounting the gears which operate said elements together with novel means for mounting the dr1v1ng crank arm.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention further includes. the following novel features and details of construction,

to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation partly broken away showing a heater constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure2 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentaryfele vation of a portion of the plate or body of the device and illustrating one ofthe shaft bearings.

Referring to the drawings in detail where- I in like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates the body of the device which is in the form of a plate and which has extending from one edge a plurality of rods 11 and 12. These rods are connected at their outer ends by means of a barl3, while the inner ends of the rods are received in slots that enter from the outer end of the plate 10 and are clamped in said slotsby offset portions 14: struck from the plate 10 so that a rigid frame is provided.

Rotatably mounted upon the rods 11 and 12 are beater elements 14 of the type usually found in devices of this character. These beater elements are so arranged that when 1 rotated the offset portions 14 of one beater element will pass between the offset portions 14 of the adjacent beater element.

.master pinion 15. wide-and is engaged by thin pinions16'which gear claimed is :1 e

As shown in the drawings three beater elements are-utilized; the intermediate element being'mounted upon the rod-l1, while the rods 12-are arranged uponopposite sides of the-rod 11 so that the 'bea er elements are arranged in arow.

Secured rigidly tothe central beater element whichl'o perates uponithe rod 11 is a This pinion is relatively are fast with'theouter beater elements 14,

all of the beater elements.

The plate 10 is provided with anopening 17 and surrounding this opening upon oppo- 7 site sides of the plate are substantially'semlspherical bearing members 18. These beare I r one-Benn To BERNARD E. AURELIUS, or BR nAmrnnnsorA V so that rotation of the pinion 15 willoperate ing members are flanged as at 19. and rivets 20 which pass through these flanges and through the plate 1Q serve to secure the bearingmembers in place. (A: sleeve 21 passes through the plate 10 andconnects the bear- I ing members 18 and provides a bearing for a shaft' 22, while'mounteduponthis shaft and engaging the master pinion 15 is a crown gear 23. The gear is fast upon the shaft 22 and for this purpose the shaft is provided with an annular shoulder 24: against which bears one end of an arm 25, the latter extend-y ing through an opening 26 provided in the gear 23 and having an offset portion'27,to

which is secured an operating handle 28.

The shaft 22 is headed as shown at 29and this head binds the gear 23 and the arm 25 against the annular shoulder 2 1. The

shaft 22 thus serves also to secure the arm-25 in position, while by extending this arm through the gear 23 the use of additional fastening devices is eliminated.

-A yoke 30 is attached tothe plate 10 as shown at 31, and this yokecarries a handle or grip 32 for holding the device. when in use.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly V p i fall within the scope of the appended claim. Having described the invention what is In an egg beater, comprising a fiat plate having a handle attached to one of its ends and its other end provided with a central slot and outer slots, rods having one of their 5 ends received in said slots, and integral offset ortions on the plates for clamping the rods in the slots, an outer bar to which the rods are connected and heaters having their ends j ournaled for rotation on said rods, intermeshing m pinion's i ou-rnaied on the rods, and to which the upper ends of the heaters are connected, oppositely disposed semi-spherical hearings on the plate, a bearing sleeve journaled therethrough, a shaft having its opposite ends headed for contact with the opposite ends of the bearing sleeves, a crown gear journaled on :the' shaft to mesh with the intermediate gear, an operatinghandle for the shaft having an arm passed through the crown gear and having an opening for the passage of the shaft therethrough. 1 In testimony whereof I affix my signature. .EUGENE A. AURELIUS. 

